Global style and technology leaders Natuzzi Italia and LG Electronics are joining forces at the fall 2018 High Point Market (October 13-17,) to illustrate how thoughtful furniture design embraces advanced technology to transform the concept of modern living. The smart sofa, launched at Salone del Mobile in Milan earlier this year, is now being … Read more
Voice assistants were in everything at the trade show, suggesting the future is smart – but does anyone actually want to talk to their toilet?
Methods for controlling the temperature of our environment have evolved since the cave women warmed herself beside an open flame. Discoveries of how to measure heat and cold by Galileo Galilei, Gabriel Fahrenheit, and Anders Celsius led to the invention and refinement of thermometers. The first thermostat provided a rudimentary way to regulate furnace temperatures and there … Read more
Google wants to make the smart home a reality for all. With a simple voice command, you can adjust settings on the air purifier and the Google Assistant on Google Home provides up-to-the-minute air quality readings as well as verbal feedback on operational status. A new LG partnership with Google demonstrates just how easy it … Read more
Thanks to its embedded projector, this robot can be used for distance learning and other purposes. The companion robot debuts at the Panasonic booth (#12908) at CES 2017 in Las Vegas. This new robot unveiled at CES 2017 is about the size of a standard kitchen countertop blender. The “companion” robot with human-like movements and … Read more
Smart home technologies are still completely underestimated: Survey A smart home helps make our everyday lives more convenient, saves energy, and protects the home better. And yet many Twitter users are not yet aware of what a connected home is already capable of doing, according to the latest survey by Twitter and Bosch. The results … Read more